Fishing-fly holder.



J. W iAY,

FISHING FLYI HO LDER. APPLICATION FI'L'ED SEPT Ia. 'I9'Is.

' Patented June 26, I917.

'- "1, vw. IAYQ.

FISHING FLY HOLDER. APPLICATIIOVN ULBDSEPT-IB. Isle. V A k I Patented June 26, 1917 J, Whdmr Fig. 18 isa fragmentary sectional view thereof, a

1* 1g. 19 s'a view of a hat and comlnned hat band a lad-coltembodying-"the improvements of my invention, and, v

Fig. 20 illustrates the roll detached from the-hat and, in condition tobe packedaway and with the flies attached thereto, in the fishermen'skit or elsewhere) 7 1- (lorresl mnding and. like parts are referred tointhe following description and desig} 'nated iii-tallofitheviews of theaccompanying drawings by like reference characters.

.111 carrying,out my invention and referringvnfo'w particularly .toFigs..'1 to inclusive, I take ,a length .otw-ire of the requiredstrengthfand resilienceand coil itinto any desired nun'iber of({onvolutionsin normal close. contact with each other. as showin to formthecoil spring clip portion 1 of my combined clip and eye. the devicebei-ng designated AKas a whole for purposes of convenience. Aifter thecoiled, spring clip portion ,.1:-.Zoftheholder A is formed, the .xvireisol ent; by. pliers ,or a similar suitable the device. byits specificconstruction and {tool int-o an eye 2- disposed in angular. (andpreferably rightangnlarl relation to the piano of the coils; The eye 2,it is to be partic-ularlyhnoted, is'ofpeculiar formation, and

fora distinct puirpose; It is not merely a lo'op of semi-circularformation. emanating from 'one-side 'oft-he: coiled portion of thedevice and-terminating ata point diamet- .11. rnietra but iscoiled'ov'er and returned under upon itself as indicated It-3, to ex-"tend preferably slightly down into the coiled portion, the free springextremity 4 of the eye tern'iinat-ingwunderneath the main or upper. barthereof-whereby a preferably ease-carethe best results, a hookis snappedentirely-underneath the eye 2- andis brought fountl by repeatdftests, itwill be abimpossible to ;shal e or otherwise the "hook from underneaththe eye 55."and" iilsiiii' 'iiractically impossible to even if. r

withdraw .thehook from under-:-

iie treiiI'it-y"-of the hook out by a. Slat}:

; The only way in whichthe manually heath]: t

barhed .e.

tion. pllt jca'f v i-re oredas from underneath formed by the the eye,while at the same time theyo eratlon s5; of thus attaching and detaehmgthe ook by "roundedshoulder is formed, so that, in order b";anintentionalina-nua'l opera on s'nappm-g'-the book out: i *th roundedshoulder inwardly returned portion of arrangement of the parts, may.hold a hook in three diiierent ways. namely. the most se cure way. whichis by having the hook snapped umlerneath the eye, which permits 61';holding eyed flies with positive security .(see Fig. 6) by having thebill of the hook inserted into and through the eye: and thirdly, byhaving the hook inserted in between any two of'the, convolutions of thecoiled clip portion 1 of the holder, althoughthis last named portion isdesigned particw larly for holding the snells or guts as will behereinafter more specifically described. Thus it will be seen that onecombined clip and eye may serve to hold a. plurality of hooks. althoughin the preferred adaptation of the inventive idea, only a single hook isintended to be held'by one eye. and that in the preferred mannerhereinbefore specified and best illustrated in Fig. 2- of theaccompanying drawing.

The foregoing description refers particularly to the simplest'form orembodiment of my invention, and I shall now describe some modifications.applications, or amplifications of the inventive idea, reference'bieing'first had to Fig. 6.

In Fig. 6 is represented a fly book 5, the

leaves of which are designated 6 and which my be formed of paper, as iscustomary.

or of any other desired substance or maj te-rial. Secured to the leaves6 are any desired number of my holders A and they ofth;e' coiled springclip por-f constructing theeye in this man- I 'secut'e' thebestresults,'1n that as I may be-arranged inany desired series or number ofseries or rows in alinement or in staggered relation to each other, asjudgment or taste may dictate. .ample,.be ot the single form, as bestillustrated in Fig. 7, or they may be of the double form, illustrated inFig. 8, that is, may be ,so formed asto project from opposite faces oftheleaves o whereby each sheetof the Y erably- "by fendeavorin'g to slipthe possess a double capacity. Prefe holders are so secured toj t-heleaves- 6 that the hooks ofthe fliesare secured by the eyes -2' and thesnells or guts insertedin. between the convolutions of the book may'coiled' 'spring clip portion 1 of an opposite ,holder, as clearlyillustrated in Fig. 6, wheresec'ure position, it being obvious that theflies by the .snells will be held stretched and in can be. very quicklyattached and detached, but at the same time there will be no danger ofany accidental detachment or' disarrangement, ,and it will also beevident that any They may, for exone ofthe flies can be easily detachedwith- .out disturbing the others, not onlywith the arrangementillustrated in Fig; 6', but even if the flies were to be'orerlapped'"that is, with one holder on agingtlie snellloffohe fiyand the hook oeven when the same holder engages a plurality of hooks as, for example,with one in the eye and anotherone underneath the eye, and a thirdbetween the convolutions of the coils, a-ny enact the fliesimay beeasily 'de 'tached without disturbing the others; and

thisis equallytrue, whether the hooks be royided with ts orsnells, orwhether they e eyed flies he those,-for example, illustrated inFig; 6. IAs a further embodiment of the invention, referenceis to be had to Figs.9 and10, in which 7 designates a; strip of metal, leather orthe like,carrying a relatively small number of single ordouble holders A (doublein the present instance), this device being designed. in, the nature ofan. individual or sl'nall fly' holding device that'maybe easilyacke'd-dn and unpacked from the angler s ox orkit, aslrequired.

In Figs.-11.and12, I holders A as secured to a thin strip 8 of metal orthe like adapted to be riveted at its ends, as at 9, (see Fi 13) to theleaves '6 of a flybook 5, where y the holders may be made in sets,attached to the strips 8, and

' thestr ps will form a ,very ready, quick, and convenient means forattaching a set of this embodiment of the invention, the leaves 6 arepreferably punched out, as at .10, at regular interva s whereby one setor series .of. holdersmay be readily passedthrou h 'the leaf intoproper-position, If desired, t ecoiled portions of theholders may beslipped on the strip or support 8, the latter being inserted in. betweenthe two convolutionsi and the holders secured in position by solder orFigs. 15*iand16-illustrate diagrammaticall the preferred manner oiforming the hol ers of the double type, and connecting them to theirsupports as,for example, the leaf of a fly book, as illustrated i'nFig.8,

or the strip, or plate 7 or the. relatively nar- "row strip, 8. Ibelieve thatthe most rac tical Wayto make-the holder is to ma te the .sringsincoils. An eye is then turned, and the coil; with; adequate numberof convolutions is out off, according to whetherthe. holder is to be ofthe single or double ty e.

,I f double, the holder is screwed through t e '60 support to thedesired extent, as indicated in Figs. and 16, and then-the other eye-1sformed.

If desired, the holders A may be threaded directly into a fishermanshat- 12, as clearly illustrated in Figs. and 18, which will be that hethinks he will ned'ff f h another'one. In this connectlon, it might bewell to add that holders at one operation to the leaf. In

ferred terms, and

found very couvmiicnt to the angler as it is only necessary for him tosclcqi fl from his fly book or the likegthe assortmcii 'of flies sfiShiug, the construction and arrangement of the parts of the combinedclipsandeyes enaling the angler to veryquickly and easily select fromthis lot that are attached ,to the holders A of the hat 12(any fly whichmay suit his fancy, according to the condition of the water oratmospheric cond1t1ons and the desired way accordin to the capacity itdesired the combined at band and-roll shall have, and it is to beparticularly noted in have illustrated the this connection; that byusing this deV-ice, it

is notnecessary for the ,fisherman to. select,

r from his fly book or entire assortment, what ever number ofi flieshe;thinks he mi ht want for the day S-"fiSl'I-lIlgQ-bHh tangoarry hisentire supply or assortmentwith, at all the. clays fishing, allhe hastoldoisto roll up the strip of leather or the likeiout of which'thecombined hat band and,'fly rollis .formed,, and without "touching anyfof the flies, leaving them in place, asthey'will be so securel held bythe, holders A as to avoid anv liabi ity of becomin entangled ordepro-'- times while fishing: and-then, at the end of loo tached andthus theang erwill 1n this one.

particular embodiment of my invention find a greatconvenience.PreferablY the hat 12, in the use of the combined hat and and fly.

holder 13, is icut at one taining strap 14, and al' theangler. h'as'todo is to slipthedevice 1.3 innderneath the:

strap 14 and buckle theends togeth'er,;as1-

indicated at 15. 'Whenfthe dayfs ,fish-ingis' done, the device 13 may bevery easily de-' tached from the hat and rolled upon itself; a asindicatedin Fig. 20, the tab 16 designed iorengagement with thebuckle'15 being then inserted underneath and through the ,stra 17 formedat a suitable point .uponthe a com inedhatba-nd and'fly rollq13.

From the foregoing descrrption in rawmgs, 1 W;

tion with the ,accompanyin be seen that I have .provi ed a very simple,

efficient and-durable and convenient means 1 for holdin fishing flies.

The device will;

not. be liab e to get out of order, but will 7 hold the flies inpractically any and; all 'pre- 1'- insuehamenner aato 11o omt toformalre-l .keep them in the best possible shape and at the same timepermit the. fisherman to selent any fly end to replace any fly Withoutdisturbing the other-5..

Attention, is also directed to the important and advantageousfeaturepossessed by the invention in the application thereof tothe hatband and roll illustrated in wand 20, whereby the old-=stylie bookentirely dispensed with, and to the feature of screw ging .the holdersdirectly into the hat, as illustr'gited in Fig. 17 end hereinbeforespecifica lly described.

' While he accompanying drewingsillus tr-ate whnt llbolieve to be thepreferred em bodiments of my invention, it is to be, understood thattheinvention is not limited there to, but that Various changes may be madein the construction, arrangements 51nd pro or '20 tions of the' partsithout" departing rem the scope of the invention as defined in the epended claims. Vhat' is claimed, is:

'1. his anew articleofmanu feetnre; a fish- "i fly holder comprisinglaclip portionem; I dy hg p u a t yg i qnvie tbns. n a

85 disposed, across the ,subjacent convehztion end terminating with itsextremity normeiiy in spaced relation to the latter. t

3- A fishing fly holder, consisting of 'springv'ire, coiled-to for'meplnraiity of 40'closely grouped convolutionsfthewire ex- A tending inanglilarIrelation, to the convolu- 'tions at one end thereof and acrossthe same and thencebeing returned i-Iiwardly' across thejconvoliitionsi4.. fishing-fly holder comprising p111.-

- relity'of "oonyolutions injspring pre'ssed r'ela- "tion .to eachotherandan eye at. oneend of w said oonvoln'tionsg seid eye having, anopen- 1 ing eirtending therethrongh wherbjg thebill held thereby.

reality of convolutions and-an eyey of av hook may be inserted thereinand 50. yided with a; r'oun'dedshoulder designed. to oo-aot withthe'adjaeent convolution where by a hook may'be pressed between theshoulder and adjacent: convolution, and securely- I .55 .5. A fishingfl-y' holder, consisting of a Wire coiled into a number oficonvolutions.vendprovided with a springeye, incombina tion with means for supportingthe'holder engaging the. same at a point between the ends of theconvolute portionthereef. 6. =A fishing fly-holder embodyin h a. coiledportion providedjwith a .nuInber oi convolu-- tions and provided at oneend with a spring eye disposed in angular relation to thejplene oifltheeon'volntions, in combinetion with a. combined hat band and rollearryingsaid holder.

. 7. The combination with a tly holder gg prising a coiled portionhaving zrspring eye at each end thereof, of. a support secured to theholder midway of the eoiled portion of the latter.

8. In e fishingjfiy. holden th e combinhtioii of a'support, andwire-extending through the support upon opposite faces thereof andembodying on each side of the support a plan 9. device. for holding. afishing fly, prising a supportand, a spring coil carried, by thesupport, the convolntions of theepil being disposed substantiallyparallel to the; a plane ofjthesnpport; and the'coil provided atoneendwith'an eye disposed in angular Y relation to the convoln'tions 7 I105 A device for holding a'fishing prising a supportra n d a} springcoil mount edjthereon, the base convolution of the coil being securedrigidljs npon the, face Zof'thc support, and the coil terminating at;its other end innney'ei f In testimony whereof I aii\' n'iy siinn'fiture in the presence of two ritnesses'i l L JAMES WILLIAM JAY.

